Study Skills Worksheet: Active Recall

Exam preparation lesson 9: Active recall vs re-reading · Set 392 · 40 questions

Study tip (Test, don’t re-read): More effective: testing yourself, recalling from memory, explaining it aloud, practice questions, quizzing a friend, self-made flashcards. Less effective: re-reading the chapter, highlighting lines, copying notes neatly, glancing at notes. After reading a page: close it, recall it, check, and fix what you missed.

1. 1.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) passive review (b) active recall
2. 2.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it takes no time (b) familiar is not known (c) it is too hard (d) it uses a pen
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) listening to a recap (c) covering the answers (d) highlighting in yellow
4. 4.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) passive review (b) active recall
5. 5.True or false: “answering a quiz” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) looking at the diagrams (c) scanning the headings (d) covering the answers
7. 7.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) read the summary (b) look at pictures (c) underline it (d) write what you know
8. 8.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or recalling from memory? (a) copying notes neatly (b) recalling from memory
9. 9.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) covering the answers (c) answering with book shut (d) reading the notes again
10. 10.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) passive review (b) active recall
11. 11.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or practice questions? (a) reading it again (b) practice questions
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) highlighting in yellow (c) listening to a recap (d) looking at the diagrams
13. 13.True or false: “listening to a recap” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or glancing at notes? (a) explaining it aloud (b) glancing at notes
15. 15.Which of these is passive review? (a) writing it from memory (b) covering the answers (c) answering with book shut (d) copying the summary
16. 16.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) read it twice more (b) close it and recall it (c) highlight all of it (d) copy it neatly
17. 17.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Read page 12.” (b) “Copy the diagram.” (c) “Underline roots.” (d) “What do roots do?”
18. 18.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) active recall (b) passive review
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or highlighting lines? (a) quizzing a friend (b) highlighting lines
20. 20.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) active recall (b) passive review
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) covering the answers (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) answering with book shut
22. 22.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) answering a quiz (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) looking at the diagrams
25. 25.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or copying notes neatly? (a) practice questions (b) copying notes neatly
26. 26.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or recalling from memory? (a) highlighting lines (b) recalling from memory
27. 27.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or glancing at notes? (a) self-made flashcards (b) glancing at notes
28. 28.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or quizzing a friend? (a) gazing at the book (b) quizzing a friend
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) scanning the headings (c) listening to a recap (d) answering with book shut
30. 30.🧠 What is active recall? (a) reading notes slowly (b) recalling without notes (c) highlighting key lines (d) copying the book
31. 31.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) passive review (b) active recall
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or gazing at the book? (a) recalling from memory (b) gazing at the book
33. 33.True or false: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or highlighting lines? (a) explaining it aloud (b) highlighting lines
35. 35.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) active recall (b) passive review
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) covering the answers (c) answering a quiz (d) a blank-page brain dump
37. 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or highlighting lines? (a) recalling from memory (b) highlighting lines
38. 38.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) answering with book shut (c) looking at the diagrams (d) highlighting in yellow
39. 39.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a waste of time (b) a disaster (c) useful — fix it now (d) a reason to stop
40. 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or self-made flashcards? (a) glancing at notes (b) self-made flashcards

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